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From v8 3.4
(background info: Day 2 of the school trip. Mashiro asked Sorata to go out with her days in advance. Mashiro dropped tons of clues for Sorata but he kept his distances and went full on ass mode. and ignored/rejected everything)

"..."
Originally I thought she will give an an affirmative reply, but Mashiro went silent. Not only that, she stopped in the middle of the (hotel) atrium.
"Shiina?"
Sorata turns his head towards Mashiro and asked.
"..."
A solemn look appeared on Mashrio's face.
"What is it?"
"...so pointless"
All of a sudden, words that he cannot imagine coming from Mashiro was spoken to him.
"eh?"
The sound of air escaping from the mouth, it feels as if the temperature is dropping.
"so pointless"
Mashiro took off her hat and held it in front of her chest, the face of unwillingness mixed with sorrow appear, or rather there might be more elements of regrets.
Not sure why, Sorata's vision started to panic, the lady in the front desk might have noticed the degrading atmosphere and turned her attention towards them. In front of the pillar is a scenic plant, and a majestic lamp hangs on the ceiling, but these things did not enter Sorata's mind, at the end, his eyes were once again set on Mashiro.
The hands holding the hat started to shake. Seeing that, Sorata noticed once thing, Mashiro's sketchbook went missing.
"wh, what happened to your sketchbook?"
Mashiro's hands tightened, pressing onto the hat.
Even though the glassworks from the workshop were placed in Sorata's bag, he did not recall receiving the sketchbook. He quickly opened his bag, it is not thre.
"don't have it"
"what, did you forget to carry it!"
Thoughtlessly shouting, it's because of the "pointless" declaration.
"I, will go look for it"
Sorata quickly turned around and rushed out, from his back he heard
"Enough"
That was Mashiro's voice.
"ha?"
Sorata turned around in shock.
"Enough already"
"Why? Isn't that important information for the manga!"
"I don't want it"
"What are you trying to say?"
"Don't want it"
"Today you are acting strange"
"Sorata is the one who is strange"
Mashrio rebutted with hesitation, looking at Sorata with angry eyes, no, the proper term for it is to stare.
"Strange, where did it come from?"
"always avoiding me recently"
"!?"
Surprise ran through his body and it became stiff and lips started shaking. Even though he is like that, he responded passionately.
"Why are you saying that now!"
To hide the guilt deep inside his heart, even though he tried his best, Sorata noticed he became emotional, became enraged. Even with this realization it was difficult to control the impulse.
"Why, angry?"
Of course it is because the vulnerable point got attacked.
However, the next thing Sorata said is something else
"Of course it is because you keep saying these weird things!"
After saying that, a calmness settled in his head and realize he should not have said something so emotional.
"...no, I am not angry"
A soft response to recover the situation, but it is too late to hide his agitated emotion.
"Lier, you are angry."
Of course, that is what Mashiro said.
"is it not you who is a little unhappy?"
Even after slightly calming himself, he attacked Mashiro sharply.
"Its all Sorata's fault"
"ha?"
"You did not, praise my clothing!"
Mashrio's voice echoed through the halls. The mood strengthens among the students watching the scene. Hearing the normally calm Mashiro shout caught their interest.
"even though I put effort into my hair"
"...what, are you trying to say"
what was just said....
"and also put on make up"
Sorata was only thinking of the sketchbook.
"You also walked very fast! Because I was wearing sandals, my feet hurts!"
Other than feeling Mashiro is being unreasonable, Sorata is puzzled at how to handle the situation, and no one will be there to give him a solution.
"you also didn't call me by name!"
"..."
"even though we had an agreement to call me by name when we are alone..."
Mashiro started crying. (note: someone give me a gun, RIGHT NOW. I will be glad to take Sorata's place )
Staring at Sorata.... only looking at Sorata, blaming him.
"also wouldn't hold my hand!"
More eyes joined the commotion, it was towards the end of free time and students are returning to the hotel...
"What is it, what happened?"
"Who are ones arguing?"
"That, isn't that Shiina-san, are the two of them, going out..."
The hall became filled with such discussions.
Even normal visitors stopped at the scene.
"Shiina, wait, come over here"
It would be better to go elsewhere. With that thought in mind, Sorata grabbed Mashiro's wrist.
"Let go"
She swang her hand away as she said that.
"Everyone are watching, so let...."
"and what about it?"
"..."
"I am talking to Sorata."
It has nothing to do with anyone else, Mashiro's eyes claimed.
"..."
It is useless to say anything now, unsure about how to face Mashiro. It is the first time he felt Mashiro is difficult to handle.
Mashiro chastised the troubled Sorata.
"...its enough"
"that, what are you doing"
"what Sorata, its enough!"
The hat was thrown at Sorata
"what...."
Panic appeared on Sorata's face, and the hat landed on the ground. Mashiro rushed towards the elevator in the blink of an eye.

(might do a confession scene if I get bored enough during another lunch hour)

From v8 3.4
(background info: Day 2 of the school trip. Mashiro asked Sorata to go out with her days in advance. Mashiro dropped tons of clues for Sorata but he kept his distances and went full on ass mode. and ignored/rejected everything)

"..."
Originally I thought she will give an an affirmative reply, but Mashiro went silent. Not only that, she stopped in the middle of the (hotel) atrium.
"Shiina?"
Sorata turns his head towards Mashiro and asked.
"..."
A solemn look appeared on Mashrio's face.
"What is it?"
"...so pointless"
All of a sudden, words that he cannot imagine coming from Mashiro was spoken to him.
"eh?"
The sound of air escaping from the mouth, it feels as if the temperature is dropping.
"so pointless"
Mashiro took off her hat and held it in front of her chest, the face of unwillingness mixed with sorrow appear, or rather there might be more elements of regrets.
Not sure why, Sorata's vision started to panic, the lady in the front desk might have noticed the degrading atmosphere and turned her attention towards them. In front of the pillar is a scenic plant, and a majestic lamp hangs on the ceiling, but these things did not enter Sorata's mind, at the end, his eyes were once again set on Mashiro.
The hands holding the hat started to shake. Seeing that, Sorata noticed once thing, Mashiro's sketchbook went missing.
"wh, what happened to your sketchbook?"
Mashiro's hands tightened, pressing onto the hat.
Even though the glassworks from the workshop were placed in Sorata's bag, he did not recall receiving the sketchbook. He quickly opened his bag, it is not thre.
"don't have it"
"what, did you forget to carry it!"
Thoughtlessly shouting, it's because of the "pointless" declaration.
"I, will go look for it"
Sorata quickly turned around and rushed out, from his back he heard
"Enough"
That was Mashiro's voice.
"ha?"
Sorata turned around in shock.
"Enough already"
"Why? Isn't that important information for the manga!"
"I don't want it"
"What are you trying to say?"
"Don't want it"
"Today you are acting strange"
"Sorata is the one who is strange"
Mashrio rebutted with hesitation, looking at Sorata with angry eyes, no, the proper term for it is to stare.
"Strange, where did it come from?"
"always avoiding me recently"
"!?"
Surprise ran through his body and it became stiff and lips started shaking. Even though he is like that, he responded passionately.
"Why are you saying that now!"
To hide the guilt deep inside his heart, even though he tried his best, Sorata noticed he became emotional, became enraged. Even with this realization it was difficult to control the impulse.
"Why, angry?"
Of course it is because the vulnerable point got attacked.
However, the next thing Sorata said is something else
"Of course it is because you keep saying these weird things!"
After saying that, a calmness settled in his head and realize he should not have said something so emotional.
"...no, I am not angry"
A soft response to recover the situation, but it is too late to hide his agitated emotion.
"Lier, you are angry."
Of course, that is what Mashiro said.
"is it not you who is a little unhappy?"
Even after slightly calming himself, he attacked Mashiro sharply.
"Its all Sorata's fault"
"ha?"
"You did not, praise my clothing!"
Mashrio's voice echoed through the halls. The mood strengthens among the students watching the scene. Hearing the normally calm Mashiro shout caught their interest.
"even though I put effort into my hair"
"...what, are you trying to say"
what was just said....
"and also put on make up"
Sorata was only thinking of the sketchbook.
"You also walked very fast! Because I was wearing sandals, my feet hurts!"
Other than feeling Mashiro is being unreasonable, Sorata is puzzled at how to handle the situation, and no one will be there to give him a solution.
"you also didn't call me by name!"
"..."
"even though we had an agreement to call me by name when we are alone..."
Mashiro started crying. (note: someone give me a gun, RIGHT NOW. I will be glad to take Sorata's place )
Staring at Sorata.... only looking at Sorata, blaming him.
"also wouldn't hold my hand!"
More eyes joined the commotion, it was towards the end of free time and students are returning to the hotel...
"What is it, what happened?"
"Who are ones arguing?"
"That, isn't that Shiina-san, are the two of them, going out..."
The hall became filled with such discussions.
Even normal visitors stopped at the scene.
"Shiina, wait, come over here"
It would be better to go elsewhere. With that thought in mind, Sorata grabbed Mashiro's wrist.
"Let go"
She swang her hand away as she said that.
"Everyone are watching, so let...."
"and what about it?"
"..."
"I am talking to Sorata."
It has nothing to do with anyone else, Mashiro's eyes claimed.
"..."
It is useless to say anything now, unsure about how to face Mashiro. It is the first time he felt Mashiro is difficult to handle.
Mashiro chastised the troubled Sorata.
"...its enough"
"that, what are you doing"
"what Sorata, its enough!"
The hat was thrown at Sorata
"what...."
Panic appeared on Sorata's face, and the hat landed on the ground. Mashiro rushed towards the elevator in the blink of an eye.

(might do a confession scene if I get bored enough during another lunch hour)

Thank you for the translation (and the one before that)! I'm actually studying translation (not from japanese though), so I totally get the hardships of translating and the respect... You never realise how hard it is until you try it.

And I really want a second season to see all of this animated... And, oh please, do get bored again

Thank you for the translation (and the one before that)! I'm actually studying translation (not from japanese though), so I totally get the hardships of translating and the respect... You never realise how hard it is until you try it.

And I really want a second season to see all of this animated... And, oh please, do get bored again

Oh my, a fellow vicitim *cough* hardworker .

Thanks Flying Dagger, all that remains is clearly "Sorata no baka".

Spoiler for comment:

Sounds in addtion to being romantically-dense (which is nothing negativ per say), he has a slight "anger problem" whenever a sore spot is hit/mentioned. Though, a least in the anime, Sorata has never called Mashiro by her first name - despite their promise - up to the point I had watched the anime, that ist.

Usage of words and difference sentence structure makes translation difficult. I try to find a median without butchering everything up. Granted, since I usually do them with a time constrain so usually I just type out what comes first into my head.

Novels with complicated terms/borrowed names remain a challenge. Its fortunate that Sakurasou does not contain much of those.

//

Sorata has the habit of using the name Shiina but always corrects it when Mashiro points it out. He refused to do so during their trip.

I actually do not think Sorata is romantically dense (compared to some other anime protagonists who cannot pick up clues even if a girl gives him a kiss on the cheek). In my eyes, he knows who he likes since the beginning, but the girl just happen to be a one of a kind genius who is quite difficult to get close to in a unique way.

Ofc, because of Mashiro's lack of common sense, it would be difficult for anyone to determine if she likes you even if she crawls up to you at night.

With Nanami's case, he is more in a disbelieve that Nanami like him at first, then a conflict of
a) whether or not he should accept the "normal" girl, where the future is bright and clear, or the one he truly love but is littered with multiple uncertainties.
b) he wants things to stay as-is. To remain close friends with Mashiro and Nanami.

I think since he first met her. He was staring at her for quite some time until Jin snapped him back into reality when he went to go pick her up. Probably realized his true feelings in volume 3 at the 'don't leave' scene.

Also, that was a rough scene to read, thanks again for translation.

One more thing, what month is it at the end of volume 9? I ask because I wonder if there will be a graduation scene in final novel and how the author will fit all the closures, graduation and what not into it.

They are way too many, but they are mainly little details that one might not care at all (For example, when Sorata hugged Mashiro in the airport, Mashiro's father was present (and almost died of the shock of seeing his little girl in a man's arms ). Also, the one that created the "Mashiro is going" feeling was mostly Chihiro instead of Rita).

Probably the biggest one was altering some scenes to give Rita a lot more of screen time. There is other even minor stuff like Nanami having an even cuter reaction when Sorata catches her sleeping in the living room (after the punch, she crawls into a corner trembling) and other stuff. I feel that Ryuunosuke has better confrontational dialogs (direct & more menacing) in the novel.

All in all, if you are a fan of humor & character interactions, is very well worth checking the novel in full even if you have already seen the anime (So, we are pretty lucky that this project is getting worked on so diligently).

They are way too many, but they are mainly little details that one might not care at all (For example, when Sorata hugged Mashiro in the airport, Mashiro's father was present (and almost died of the shock of seeing his little girl in a man's arms ). Also, the one that created the "Mashiro is going" feeling was mostly Chihiro instead of Rita).

Probably the biggest one was altering some scenes to give Rita a lot more of screen time. There is other even minor stuff like Nanami having an even cuter reaction when Sorata catches her sleeping in the living room (after the punch, she crawls into a corner trembling) and other stuff. I feel that Ryuunosuke has better confrontational dialogs (direct & more menacing) in the novel.

All in all, if you are a fan of humor & character interactions, is very well worth checking the novel in full even if you have already seen the anime (So, we are pretty lucky that this project is getting worked on so diligently).

Yes we are quiet lucky indeed, we have to thank all the translators for taking their time to bring us this beautiful story in our lenguage. The anime was pure gold but I have soft spot for the written word, it conveys a mystical feeling that nothing else can itīs done right.

referring to the soooo long long time ago post about "sekihan" , i get confuse if it happened to Misaki-Jin (which is pretty impossible regarding their distance) , or Sorata-Mashiro (that i feel reaaaaaaally bad for them to have their first)

Yeah I just found out about that too. Final volume is out on July 10 to be exact. So 2 months until the finale, can't wait to see how it will all end. I want to see the ending adapted in the anime, hopefully there will be an announcement of a second season when the final volume comes out.